Transmission-gearing.



'5f/l r" F. H. JONES.

TRANSMISSION GEARING. APPLIUATION FILED FEB.3, 1910.

992,718. Patented May 16, 1911.

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P. H. JONES.

TRANSMISSION GEAEING.

APPLICATION FILED mlm. 1910.

Patented May 16, 1911.

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` FRANK HL JONES, 0F MUNCIE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR T0 WARNER GEAR COMPNY, 0F

MUNCIE, INDINA, .A CORPORATIUN 3E INDIANA.

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i To all whom #may concern:

Be it known that 1, FRANK H. JONES, `a citizen of, the United States, .residing 'at Muncie, in the -`bounty of Delaware and State of Indiana, have invented `a certain new and useful Transmission-Gearing, of which the following is a speciicaticn.

The object of my invention is Ato produce a very compact sliding-gear speed-varying transmission mechanism inclosed in' a dustproot casing ot1 such form that all oif` the parts may be readily reached, and provided with means by 'which the shiftable gears may be readilyT shifted without possibility of improper interengagement. h llheaccompanying drawings illustrate my inve-intiem.

Figure 1 is a plan with the main cover plate removed; Fig. 2a section on line .22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 an elevation of one end; Fig. 4 an elevation of the opposite end; Fig. 5 a section on.y line 5-5 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 an enlarged detail of. the interlocking gear shifting mechanism; Fig. 7 a section on line 7 7 of Fig'. 6; Fig. 8 a section on line 8 8 of Fig. 7 and Fig. 9 a section on line 9-9 In the drawings, 10 indicates the main body ci the inclosing casing which is preferably formed by a single casting and possesses the peculiarities which will be hereinafter pointed out. At one end, casing 10 is provided with a hollow boss 11 in whicli'arc mounted two ball bearings 12 and 13 and a i packing ringr 14.- Ring 14 lies between bearings 12 an 13 and is formed to contain packing 15 held. in place by' a removable ringyl fastened by screws 17. The outer end offthe opening in boss 11 is closed by a ring 18 detachably secured in place and fitting closely` a shaft 19, which passes therethrough and is supported by the bearings 12 and 13. Formed integrally with, or secured to, the inner end of shaft 19 is a combined gear 21 and clutch member 22. Within the member 21-22 I form an axial pocket 23 which is adapted to` receive the outer racc of'a ball bearing 24 the in'ner race of which receives the small end 25..:of a main shaft 26 whichis in alinement with shaft 19.

` Formed in the axis A:of shaft 19 at the bot- 'tom of v'ppcket 23 is a ballpocket 27 in which is mounted a ball 28 against which the inner end of shaft 26 is projected. The opposite endt ci shaft 26 is supported by the in- Specicationof ietters Patent. Patented May 16,

Application iiled February 3, l1910. Serial No. 541,782.

ner race o f a ball bearing 29 the outer race of which is receivecjl in. a pocket formed in an end wall of casing 10. The ball bearing 29 is held in pocket 31 by means of a re' Parallel with shaft 26 is a countershaft 41 i to which are rigidly secured a gear 42, con* tinuously in mesh with gear 21; a gear 43, adapted to mesh with gear 35; a gear 44, adapted to mesh with gear 37 and a gear 45, adapted to mesh with gear 38. Gear 42 lies close to one end wall of casing 10 and the short projecting end of shaft 41 is supported by a ball bearing 46 mounted in a suitable opening 47 formed in the said end wall and held in place by a removable cap 48. At the opposite end of shaft 411 is the gear 45, and the adjacent end wallv of casing 10 is, at this point, provided with a pocket` 51 the size ot' which is considerably in excess of the diameter or' gear 45, and the depth of which eX- ceeds the projection of shaft 41 beyond gear 42. Atthe cuter end of pocket 51, concentric with shaft 41, is an opening 52 which receives the outer race of a ball bearing 53, the inner race of which supports shaft 41, and this ball bearing is held in place by an outwardly removable cap 54.

.Pocket 51r `is transversely extended to on side ot the shaft 41in order to receive a reversing gear 55 which is slidably journaled upon a pin 56. When the gear 55 lies wholly within pocket 51 it is beyond the plane of gear 45. Gear 55 has a width slightly greater. than the width of gear 45 plus the width of gear 38, for a purpose which will appear, and it is shiftahleaxially on pin 56 an amount slightly in excess ofits width. l

Slidably mounted 'in casing 10, parallel withfl the gear-carrying shafts, are three shifting rods 61, b2 and 63 4provided at their outer ends with transversely slotted heads 64, ,65 and G6, respectively. Rod 61 carries a 'shifting yoke 67 which engages gear 45; rod 62 carries a shifting yoke 68 which engages the combined gear 37, 38; and rod 63 carries a yoke 69 which engages lgear 55. In

, movably mounted in casing,

beyond the first-mentioned countershattgear, and said casing also having a bearingreceiving opening in the`botto1n of 'said pocket exceeding the diameter of the ad jacent end of the countershaft, a bearing removably mounted in. 4said opening and supporting the adjacent end of the counterl`- shaft, and means by which the shiftable` gears maybe shifted.

3. 'A transmission gearing comprising ai main containing casing, a pair of alined shafts journaled therein, gears slidably mounted on one ofA said shafts Within the a gear carried by the other of said shafts Within the casing, a countersh'aft journaled in the casing, a gear carried by said countershaft between the ends thereof and meshing with the last-nientioned ear, other gears carried by the countershat in position to receive' the said sliding gears, the said casing having, at that end of the countershaft opposite the first-mentioned counter-sha-ft-gear, a pocket of greater diameter' than the diameter of the `nearest countershaft-gear, and havin a depth eX- ceeding the projection of theicountershaftbeyond the rstanentioned ountershaftgear, and said casing also havingxa bearing.- receiving opening in the bottoni-vof saidr pocket exceeding the diameter of adjacent end of the count'ershaft, a bearing age-y said opening and sup; porting the adjacent end of the countershaft, means by which the shiftable gears may be shifted, and a reversing gear slidably journaled in the aforesaid pocket and shiftable from said pocket into simultaneous engagement with one oi the eountershaft gears vand one ot' the sliding gears.

4. A transmission gearing comprising a main containing casing, a pair of alined shafts journaled therein with the inner ,end of one shaft journaled in and supportedby the inner end of the other shaft, gears slidably mounted on one ot' said shafts within the casing, a gear carried by the other of said shafts within the casing, a countershaft journaled in the casing, a gear carried by said countershaft between the ends thereof and meshing with the last-mentioned gear, other gears carried by the countershaft in position to receive the said sliding gears, the said casing having, at that end of the count-ershaft opposite the first-mentioned 4.gzounter-shaft-gear, a pocket 'of greater diarneterf than I the,A diameter of the nearest cduntershaft beyond the lirstfmentioned countershaft-gear, and said casing also having a bea-ring receiving opening in the` bottoni of said pocket exceeding the diameter of the adjacentend of the countershaft, a

and supporting the adjacent end of ,the countershaft, means by which the shiftable gearsmay be shifted, and a reversing gear `slidably journaled in the aforesaid pocket and shiftable from said pocket into simulshaft gears and one of the sliding gears.

5.` A transmission gearing comprising a containing casing having a circu1nferentially-integral bearing-receiving boss ,at one end thereof, bearings mounted in said boss, a shaft journaled in saidA bearings, a gear carried by said shaft at its inner end Within the casing, said shaft and gear having a linterioro'f the casing and having a bearing- `receiving recess forniedinits inner end, a. "bl'e'aring mounted therein, a second shaft having its inner end supported in said last men-v tioned bearing and outwardly `axially Withdrawable grobin; the casing, a bearing supported lin the opposite end of the easing and supporting said second shaft, and gears carried by said second shaft? In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Muncie, Indiana, this twenty-first day of January, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and ten.

FRANK H. JONES. [1.. s]

Witnesses C. E. Davis, n W. H. CHURCH.

bearing removably mounted in said opening taneous engagement with one ofthe countercombined length less than the length of the 

